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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2001 01:40:04 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Peter McGarvey <peterm@vianetworks.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-security <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: What's vunerable?
Message-ID:  <20010316014004.A86953@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <3AB1DBF9.C721E3D6@vianetworks.co.uk>; from peterm@vianetworks.co.uk on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:25:13AM %2B0000
References:  <3AB1DBF9.C721E3D6@vianetworks.co.uk>

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:25:13AM +0000, Peter McGarvey wrote:
> I've just inherited several FreeBSD boxes.  The versions range from
> 3.2_RELEASE to 4.1_RELEASE.
>=20
> On the BSD boxes I already maintain I cvsup and make world on a monthly
> basis - or as soon as I see a CERT advisory that I know relates to
> something that can bite.  But the inherited boxes need a lot of work,
> and I cannot guarantee to "The Powers That Be" that a make world wont
> break the box.
>=20
> What I really need to know is what vulnerabilities exist on each box -
> so that I can present the boss with a risk assessment, and make him
> decide if the box stays as is, or gets a make world.
>=20
> So any advice anyone can give me, on how to find out what's vunerable
> with any particular FreeBSD version, would be greatly appreciated.

Read the advisories.

Kris

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